In July, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration finally decided to ban Bisphenol A (BPA) from bottles and sippy cups. They did that to simply boost consumer confidence, and that was about it.

BPA: Regulation at the Speed of Profit Decrease

People who track the progress of BPA regulation are the same people who like glacier racing as a spectator sport. In July, as you should know, the FDA finally banned BPA from baby drinking containers because the American Chemistry Council (the lobbyists who’ve kept BPA in our bodies all these years) decided they would voluntarily do the ban and so it would make a good show if it became an official rule. I’m not being cynical (this time), even the New York Times says that’s how it is. Hey, now that’s progress – it only took the FDA two years from the 2010 reversal of their previous “BPA is safe” mantra to get it out of sippy cups. Consumer safety at the speed of light, friends.

Hayden’s Note:

I talk about food, Big Pharma, FDA, and toxins such as BPA quite regularly here on Truth, so I wanted to post an article written by a great new website called SchemaByte.com. In it, he details some canned food brands for your long-term preps that are BPA-free. As more consumers demand toxin-free food and packaging, we are slowly seeing companies realize they can corner the market if they offer items that don’t contain BPA, high fructose corn syrup, GMOs, artificial sweeteners, etc. Give it a read and head over to Schema Byte for more information on preparedness with a unique perspective, including financial readiness and creating independent revenue streams to help you get off-grid, so to speak.

You shouldn’t go with any other companies for your canned or plastic-wrapped food. Look at what greencentury report for the worst offenders, and also to get a grip on what their timelines were back in 2010 for making more products safer. Don’t trust the timeline, though, the 2012 articles I looked at didn’t mention that any of those promised foods made it to BPA-free status. Also, an inspirationgreen.com article makes a few pointers on things besides canned goods.

Concerned Afterthought #1: Please do understand that food wrapped in plastic should be always regarded as contaminated, and you should generally avoid it as part of your regular diet.

As I said earlier, please feel free to email any articles you’d like posted!

– Hayden

ConcernedChemist

Please bear in mind, many companies are changing, it’s just international supplies and warehousing preclude public announcements.

For example, Bumble Bee, Chicken of the Sea and Starkist that pack tuna in the USA, are all in non BPA cans however as each company gets materials from Thailand, those sources are not confirmed. It makes it difficult to claim a certain status when some materials are held in warehouses for years before release.

The market is changing due to customer demand, sometimes it’s just not that obvious.